Twitter has just announced a new mute feature that’ll let you shut up the annoying people in your feed, at least temporarily. If, say, one of your friends is at a conference and is just babbling non-stop about the parties he’s attending, you can now mute him. This removes his tweets and retweets from your timeline without you having to unfollow him altogether — think of it as a kinder and gentler blocking, if you will. He will never know that you’ve muted him (unless you tell him of course) and will still be able to fave, reply and retweet you. And of course, you can always unmute him later when he’s being less annoying. click here for complete story